activated carbon use to remove nitrate Activated carbons were prepared from sugar beet biogases by chemical activation and the prepared activated carbons were used to remove nitrate from aqueous solutions. In chemical activation, ZnCl2 was used as the chemical agent. The effects of the impregnation ratio and activation temperature were investigated. The produced activated carbons were characterized by measuring their porosities and pore size distributions. The microstructure of the activated carbons was examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The maximum specific surface area of the activated carbon was about 1826 m2/g at 700 °C and at an impregnation ratio of 3:1. The resulting activated carbon was used for removal of nitrate from aqueous solution. The effects of pH, temperature and contact time were investigated. Isotherm studies were carried out and the data were analyzed by Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin equations. Three simplified kinetic models were tested to investigate the adsorption mechanism. |activated carbon used to remove nitrate in vadodara| |activated carbon used to remove nitrate in junaghadh| |activated carbon used to remove nitrate in nandesari| |activated carbon used to remove nitrate in odhav| |activated carbon used to remove nitrate in ahmedabad| |activated carbon used to remove nitrate in maharashtra| |activated carbon used to remove nitrate in raighadh| |activated carbon used to remove nitrate in madhyapradesh|